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  How Language Works: How Babies Babble, Words Change Meaning, and Languages Live or Die (Hardback) By (author) Professor David Crystal

  

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  Short Description for How Language WorksWhether looking at the whistle languages of the Canary Islands or describing the layout of the human throat, this landmark book will enrich the lives of everyone who reads it.
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  • Publisher: Overlook Press
  • Published: 01 December 2006
  • Format: Hardback 500 pages
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  • Categories: Linguistics
  • ISBN 13: 9781585678488 ISBN 10: 1585678481

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Full description for How Language Works

• A lighthearted exploration of the origin, function and purpose of language addresses a wide range of topics to offer insight into what can be learned through verbal and body language, from the role of gestures and the evolution of grammar to the intricacies of different languages and the layout of the human throat.